Eumenes bollii
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Torreón | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Boll's Potter Wasp sighting in Mesa on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 119th most-seen of the 232 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Boll's Potter Wasp in Mesa on a given day, against under 5% in September to April, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Boll's Potter Wasp sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Boll's Potter Wasp sightings, Mesa ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Sacramento (United States, about 10%).
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Boll's Potter Wasp that you can see in Mesa (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Valley Carpenter Bee (about 20%), Southern Fire Ant (about 20%) and Dark Rover Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Boll's Potter Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Mesa (14 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
